Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2019

Tornado Warning 33, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 3, 2019Calhoun County, Randolph County, Terrell County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 3, 2019, 6:10 PM EST for Calhoun County, Randolph County, Terrell County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 3, 2019, 6:10 PM EST (23:10 UTC)
Expired: Mar 3, 2019, 6:45 PM EST
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

Counties Calhoun County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Terrell County, GA

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 3, 12:24 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 142 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 260 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 677 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

012 
WFUS52 KTAE 032310
TORTAE
GAC037-243-273-032345-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0033.190303T2310Z-190303T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
610 PM EST SUN MAR 3 2019

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southeastern Randolph County in southwestern Georgia...
  Northern Calhoun County in southwestern Georgia...
  Southwestern Terrell County in southwestern Georgia...

* Until 645 PM EST.
    
* At 609 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Edison, or 10 miles northwest of Morgan, moving
  east at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

  IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without 
           shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. 
           Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur.  Tree 
           damage is likely.

* This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  southeastern Randolph...northern Calhoun and southwestern Terrell
  Counties in southwestern Georgia, including the following
  locations... Carnegie, Moye, Herod, Cordrays Mill, Clarks Mill,
  Dawson Municipal A/P, Fountain Bridge, Goffs Mill, Shivers Mill and
  Aycock Mill.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.

&&

LAT...LON 3176 8440 3162 8445 3155 8446 3154 8479
      3170 8481
TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 266DEG 33KT 3162 8474 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

38-GODSEY

1 follow-up statement

160 
WWUS52 KTAE 032336
SVSTAE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
636 PM EST SUN MAR 3 2019

GAC037-243-273-032346-
/O.EXP.KTAE.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-190303T2345Z/
Randolph GA-Calhoun GA-Terrell GA-
636 PM EST SUN MAR 3 2019

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN RANDOLPH...NORTHERN CALHOUN
AND SOUTHWESTERN TERRELL COUNTIES IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA WILL EXPIRE
AT 645 PM EST...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EST for southwestern
Georgia.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Tallahassee.

&&

LAT...LON 3176 8440 3162 8445 3155 8446 3154 8479
      3170 8481
TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 266DEG 33KT 3164 8447 

$$

38-GODSEY

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 3, 1:47 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Clay, Quitman	28 min
Mar 3, 1:58 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Randolph	32 min
Mar 3, 2:12 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Terrell	33 min
Mar 3, 2:15 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Calhoun, Dougherty	30 min
Mar 3, 2:18 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Lee, Terrell	42 min
Mar 3, 2:24 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Turner, Worth	36 min
Mar 3, 2:25 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Quitman, Randolph	35 min
Mar 3, 2:34 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Lee	26 min
Mar 3, 2:37 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Dougherty, Lee, Worth	38 min
Mar 3, 2:43 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Randolph, Terrell	20 min
Mar 3, 2:46 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Ben Hill, Irwin, Turner	44 min
Mar 3, 3:00 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Clay, Early, Randolph	30 min
Mar 3, 3:00 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Ben Hill, Irwin, Turner	45 min
Mar 3, 3:05 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Early	40 min
Mar 3, 3:25 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Dougherty, Lee, Randolph, Terrell	35 min
Mar 3, 3:26 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Baker, Calhoun, Early	34 min
Mar 3, 3:30 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Ben Hill	30 min
Mar 3, 3:43 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Tift, Turner, Worth	35 min
Mar 3, 3:45 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Ben Hill, Irwin, Turner	45 min
Mar 3, 3:47 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Dougherty, Lee, Terrell	43 min
Mar 3, 3:56 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Ben Hill, Irwin	51 min
Mar 3, 4:14 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Turner, Worth	31 min
Mar 3, 4:17 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Dougherty, Lee, Worth	43 min
Mar 3, 4:20 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Ben Hill, Irwin	27 min
Mar 3, 4:30 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Berrien, Irwin	23 min
Mar 3, 4:37 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Turner	38 min
Mar 3, 4:53 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Clay, Early	52 min
Mar 3, 4:54 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Quitman, Randolph	36 min
Mar 3, 5:04 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Ben Hill, Irwin, Turner	56 min
Mar 3, 5:11 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Clay, Early, Lee, Quitman, Randolph and 1 more	49 min
Mar 3, 5:39 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Clay, Dougherty, Early, Miller, Randolph and 2 more	51 min
Mar 3, 5:39 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Clay, Randolph	36 min
Mar 3, 5:52 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Lee, Randolph, Terrell	38 min
Mar 3, 6:10 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Early, Seminole	35 min
Mar 3, 6:24 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Decatur, Grady, Seminole	36 min
Mar 3, 6:27 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Calhoun, Decatur, Dougherty, Early, Grady and 6 more	33 min
Mar 3, 6:37 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Decatur, Early, Miller, Seminole	23 min
Mar 3, 6:53 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Baker, Decatur, Miller, Seminole	37 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Georgia, 2019 Every tornado warning in 2019 Tornadoes in 2019

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.